– ¾ cup long grain rice – 4 cups coconut milk – 2 cups coconut cream – ½ cup brown sugar or more, to taste – 1 teaspoon salt – 3 cinnamon sticks or 1½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon – Seeds of 1 vanilla bean or 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract – A pinch of freshly-grated nutmeg – A pinch of lime or orange zest – ½ teaspoon clove powder – 1 cup freshly-grated coconut – ⅓ cup cane sugar for the caramel(optional)